By: Heather

Fall is right around the corner and this is your chance to buy Libraries clothing and bags. We are selling:

• Embroidered polo shirts in two colors ** NEW COLOR
• Men’s and Women’s Oxford dress shirts in two colors **NEW ITEM
• Laptop bag (embroidered)
• Canvas totes in twos sizes (screen printed). **NEW ITEM
• T-shirts ** NEW COLOR

Orders for Open House student t-shirts (University Park only) will come later. Please do NOT order them here.

Orders are due by Friday, Aug. 2 at 5 p.m. Payment is due by delivery.

We are very excited to be moving to an online store managed through the vendor.

You will need to create an account to place your order. Please remember your userID and password for future orders. Add items to your cart. Check out — You will receive a confirmation email with your total.

Make your payment outside of this site. Payment by cash and PayPal is preferred. If paying by check, please make the checks out to Heather Ross and send to Donna Dean, 3 Paterno Library.

If paying by PayPal – Click on Send or Request money –>Send money–>enter email hdr10psu@gmail.com–>sending to a friend.
Enter the amount and put your name in the notes field. You may be charged a small fee if you are using your bank card to pay but it’s a small amount. There is no fee if link your PayPal account directly to your bank account.

See prices and more details on the order form. I will also try to get some samples of items to try on.

All proceeds benefit the Centre County United Way. Thank you for your continued support.

By: Emily Mross

The Pennsylvania Library Association just announced the 2019 second quarter PA Forward Star Library awardees, including Penn State Harrisburg Library, which earned Gold Star status. Though more than 30 libraries from throughout the state earned their star status in this quarter, Penn State Harrisburg Library is one of two academic libraries to earn Gold Star status, and one of only 4 academic libraries in Pennsylvania with a Gold Star designation.

“The PA Forward Star Library program spotlights libraries’ efforts to continue making intentional investments in literacy-aligned programs,” said Christi Buker, Pennsylvania Library Association Executive Director. “Yes, you can go to your local library and check out books, but these agile
institutions demonstrate day in and day out they offer more than books,” Buker added. “Libraries offer the world to those who enter their doors.”

To earn a Gold Star, Penn State Harrisburg Library presented programs and highlighted library resources related to the open access and scholarly publishing, medical privacy and research
ethics, sustainable agriculture, midterm elections, and building/repairing personal credit. Throughout the year, the library partnered with Penn State Harrisburg Reads, Open Access Week, Penn State College of Medicine, and First National Bank.

PA Forward, which launched statewide in 2012, works through five key literacies – Basic, Information, Civic & Social, Health and Financial – to assist individuals in enhancing their overall
quality of life. To continue helping libraries use PA Forward to demonstrate all their libraries offer, in Jan. 2017, the Association kicked off the Star Library program statewide. The Star Library recognition offers support to libraries who participate and integrate PA Forward’s literacies in their programming activities. Libraries are recognized for meeting benchmarks within the bronze, silver and gold star levels of the program. While one star is awarded for both the bronze and gold levels, a total of five stars are awarded in the silver category – one silver star for each of the five literacies of PA Forward.

Penn State Harrisburg Librarians have planned another slate of literacy programs for the coming academic year. These programs will highlight primary elections, science literacy, reproductive health, personal finance, and the Campus Reads book, Just Mercy.

By: Cate Fricke

Penn State University Press will showcase an exciting array of books that highlight Pennsylvania’s history and natural environment at Ag Progress Days, Aug. 13–15 in Pennsylvania Furnace. Books for sale will include new titles such as “Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches” by award-winning nature photographer Tim Palmer and “Reading Shaver’s Creek: Ecological Reflections from an Appalachian Forest,” as well as perennial favorites such as Bill Russell’s “Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic” (now in a revised and expanded edition) and “Common Nymphs of Eastern North America: A Primer for Flyfishers and Flytiers” by Caleb J. Tzilkowski and Jay R. Stauffer Jr. The sale will take place inside the Pasto Agricultural Museum during all three days of the expo.

“We’re excited to attend Ag Progress Days for the fourth year in a row,” says PSU Press acquisitions editor Kathryn Yahner. “It’s a great opportunity to share our regional books with
members of our local community. Being there it’s easy to see that our community is one that loves Pennsylvania just as much as we do.” Yahner is the editor of the Press’s Keystone Books
series; the books in this series are “accessible, well-researched explorations into the history, culture, society, and environment of the Keystone State.”

Bill Russell

Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Steven Rubin

On Wednesday, August 14, the Press will host two author signings. At 11:30 a.m., “Mushroom Man” Bill Russell will sign copies of “Field Guide to Wild Mushrooms of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic.” At 1:30 p.m. will be a signing for “Shale Play: Poems and Photographs from the Fracking Fields” by Julia Spicher Kasdorf (poet) and Steven Rubin (photographer), whose book examines the impact of fracking on Pennsylvania communities by using the words of citizens, workers and activists in those towns. Visitors to the expo are invited to stop by the PSU Press booth inside the Pasto Agricultural Museum to purchase signed copies of the books and to chat with the authors about their work.

The Pasto Agricultural Museum connects the history and science of agriculture for almost 10,000 visitors annually. Exhibits and programs interpret historic artifacts and explore present day research related to food, feed, fuel, and fiber production. For programs and directions, visit agsci.psu.edu/pasto.